Changing Rein

By Karen Luke and Meta Osborne

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Episodes: 48

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Join friends, Karen Luke and Meta Osborne, as they take a lighthearted and lively look into the serious task of making equestrian sport and racing sustainable into the future. The show's key ingredient is exploring new perspectives and not shying away from tough conversations. Curious to learn how leading scientists, jockeys, journalists and practitioners see future for horses in sport? Then buckle up for this fun adventure as we start Changing Rein!

Episode Date
The Stories We Inherit About Risk in Racing | Jessie McCarthy on Welfare and Social Licence
May 05, 2026
When Love Isn't Enough: What We Owe Our Animals
Apr 18, 2026
S6 E5 "But My Horse Is Well Cared For" and Other Stories We Tell Ourselves | Erica Cheung
Mar 28, 2026
The Dressage Rule That Shocked Us - Rein Releases are Penalised
Mar 21, 2026
S6 E4 Under Pressure: Rein Contact, Blood Rules and Who's Really in Charge - a conversation with Cristina Wilkins
Mar 19, 2026
S6 E3: Every Breath They Take - Inside the Innate Health Assessment with Prof Dan O'Neill
Mar 08, 2026
S6 E2: A View From the Bridge - A conversation with Lucinda Creighton
Feb 25, 2026
S6 E1 The Room Where it Happens - a conversation with Prof Nat Waran
Feb 11, 2026
S5 E6: Lessons from the wild: prey animals, social beings or both? Part 2 of a conversation with Bonny Mealand
Aug 26, 2025
S5 E5 Lessons From the Wild - Prey Animal, Social Being or Both? Part 1
Aug 11, 2025
S5 E4: What Are We Seeing? Dressage and Training Through the Eyes of a Judge. A conversation with Kristen Closson
Jul 22, 2025
S5 E3: Culture of Contradiction - Perceptions of Horse Welfare in Canadian Dressage. A conversation with Dr Megan Ross
Jul 22, 2025
S5 E2: Measuring What Matters: Horse Welfare and the BestTUPferd Tool
Jun 12, 2025
S5 E1 Where There's a Wall There's A Way
May 28, 2025
S4 E6: Horse Welfare That Works in Practice - A conversation with equine vet Imogen Burrows
Mar 16, 2025
S4 E5B Gems from Gemma Pearson: Insights into equine behaviour with Dr Gemma Pearson
Feb 28, 2025
S4 E5A Gemma Pearson Uncut: All things equine behaviour with Dr Gemma Pearson
Feb 28, 2025
S4-Bonus - A crisis in gymnastics + Who is the right winner? + Regulating coaching
Feb 24, 2025
S4E4 - The Changing Rein Challenge with Dr Jake Veasey
Feb 13, 2025
S4 E3 Is equine vet Gabriel Lencioni THE person equestrian sport needs right now?
Jan 30, 2025
S4E2 The Other 360 Days - A conversation with racehorse welfare researcher Dr Rachel Annan
Jan 22, 2025
S4E1 Not Barefoot or Bust
Jan 16, 2025
S3 E4 The Power of Words with Dr Mette Uldahl
Dec 19, 2024
S3 E3: Finding Common Ground, an interview with Dr Tamzin Furtado, social scientist and equine welfare researcher
Dec 12, 2024
S3 E2 Thoughts from a critical friend - a conversation with World Horse Welfare CEO Roly Owers
Dec 05, 2024
S3E1 Ch-ch-change? Tools for constructive conversations about change with Bronwen Williams
Nov 28, 2024
S2 E11 It's only wrap and roll! Season 2 wrap up
Oct 31, 2024
S2 E10 All Ears: charting a career in horse and donkey welfare with Dr Jo Hockenhull
Oct 24, 2024
S2 E9 Promoting rider safety in equestrian sport with organisational safety expert Meredith Chapman
Oct 17, 2024
S2E8 Upskilling Horses and Riders - Coach expert Marianne Davies shares her dynamic approach that has coaches, riders AND horses wanting more
Oct 11, 2024
S2 E7 Risk, Reputation and Shareholder Value - Talking the business of horse welfare with racing communications expert Vicky Leonard
Oct 03, 2024
S2 E6 The Ethics of Horse Breeding: Part 2 of our conversation with Prof Madeleine Campbell
Sep 25, 2024
S2 E5 Control and communication - a conversation with Hungarian dressage rider, Krisztina Szucs
Sep 19, 2024
S2E4 - You don't know what you've got till it's gone - a conversation with Dr Camie Heleski
Sep 12, 2024
S2E3 - Out of the saddle and into the studio with former jockey Fran Berry
Sep 06, 2024
S2E2: Ethical Equestrianism: A conversation with Prof Madeleine Campbell about the ethics of using horses in sport
Aug 29, 2024
S2E1: From tools of the trade to valued equine companions - a conversation with lifelong Canadian horsewoman Lee McLean
Aug 21, 2024
Bonus episode: Tackling tack with William Micklem
Aug 04, 2024
The future's so bright you've gotta wear shades!
Aug 01, 2024
Will Charlotte Save Equestrian Sport?
Jul 26, 2024
S1E7 Love and Delight: William Micklem's lessons for the future from a lifetime with horses.
Jul 18, 2024
S1E6 - Protecting Tigers, Polar Bears and...Horses? Part 2
Jul 10, 2024
S1E5 - Protecting Tigers, Polar Bears and...Horses? Part 1
Jul 03, 2024
S1E4 - The Emperor's New Clothes: Racehorse trainer John Berry on thinking differently
Jun 26, 2024
S1E3- U-Turns, Leaky Buckets and Messed Up Horses: Andrew McLean’s roadmap for keeping horses in sport
Jun 19, 2024
S1E2 - Blake's Takes: Fighting for the middle ground and the future of horseracing
Jun 12, 2024
S1E1 - Tradition and Innovation: how educator Naomi Ainley is bringing the community together to improve horse welfare
Jun 05, 2024
S1 Preview - Welcome to our tent! Changing Rein Prequel
May 31, 2024